Hi, I'm Lucinda
The photo was taken with my new Canon EOS 450D (with a tamron 18-200mm lense), by me in the mirror. It's a little overexposed, but at my age, that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Bare Bones Bio:
I was born in Louisiana, USA in 1956, youngest of four girls. In 1967 we all moved to New Jersey when my father was transferred. I've always loved to read and soon gravitated towards Sci Fi, Fantasy, and nonfiction (mostly English History). The last was influenced by watching Masterpiece Theatre. I had the opportunity to go to the UK and Greece on 10 day Easter trips through my high school, which instilled in me an itch to travel. After one year of college,(I learned a lot, but unfortunately not much from my professors and text books) I joined the Air Force and went to Japan and England. I married a fellow GI (Bill), in England, got out of the Air Force (Bill stayed in)and went back to the States. Bill and I then lived in Rancho Cordova, California (where we had our first son, Charles),
Biloxi, Mississippi (where we had our second son, James), Oxfordshire, UK (For me, thank you Bill), and San Antonio, Texas (where we live now). Bill is retired from the Air Force and drives a Big Rig for J. B. Hunt. I am an office manager for a carwash. Charles and James graduated last May from University of Texas at San Antonio and Texas A&M at College Station respectively. Yeah!!!
Interests:
Reading - Mostly nonfiction history, though I have widened the field somewhat. I also like journals and diaries and have been reading "The Diary of Samuel Pepys" on and off for a while now. I'm currently on Vol. VII 1666. (I haven't gotten to the great fire yet). My fiction tends to run to fantasy, Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, and Neil Gaiman to name a few.
Music - I grew up on rock, folk, musicals, classical, and Gilbert and Sullivan. I still love all that and have added jazz, blues, bluegrass, celtic and a little country. I don't play any instruments and can't sing (the singing talent in our family seemed to lessen with each new sister and I'm the baby of the bunch), but I'm an enthusiastic listener.
Art (Drawing, Photography and Oil Painting) - One of the regular pastimes of my sisters and I growing up was paper dolls. We used typing paper to make swimsuit clad paper dolls with pattern book heads. Then we spent countless hours drawing and coloring clothes for them. Depending on the current story, they could be clothes from Regency England, Colonial America, or Star Trek. I also drew faces from the hairdo magazines and was happy if they looked fairly human. I now draw and have recently taken up oil painting. I'm a definite amateur at photography. I've taken pictures since the mid 70s when I went to Japan, but they are mostly of my travels, kids and cats. I've got a lot to go through to see which ones are worth posting. I bought my first digital camera last April (09) for my birthday (I ordered it in April, received it in May, for my birthday in June. (I don't believe in being too literal about such things) I bought PhotoShop in June. I've still got a lot to learn on both, but it's a lot of fun.
Other - My sister Gail and I love The Teaching Company lectures. We both buy history, I occasionally buy literature and she occasionally buys math and science and we watch each other's. I'm also a tad fond of cats.
I could gush, and probably have, about all the talent I see on RR. I find myself using the words wow and beautiful far too much. I guess I should pull out the Thesaurus.ÂÂ
Comments (27)
MagikUnicorn
Lovely shot of the bridge
magnus073
Lucinda, this is such a super cool view and a great way to close out my evening. I've never seen this view of them before and must admit it is truly breathtaking.
bimm3d
superb!!
clbsmiley
Good Morning. Excellent capture. Kinda of a gray day. Great POV. :)
Meisiekind
Excellent catch Lucinda! You are just wetting my NYC appetite more with your lovely images! :)
wysiwig
Outstanding POV, very unique! How far out did you swim to get this shot? ;)
mariogiannecchini
Fantastic capture , Lucinda !!!
jayfar
Great capture Lucinda 'spantastic'!!
durleybeachbum
Very very interesting..I've never seen this view before.
helanker
What an interesting and beautiful shot. Now I see that what I learned s not always right. LOL ! The water is not always reflecting the colors of the sky. :)
flavia49
splendid view!!
drifterlee
Cool bridge shot!
jendellas
Amazing view!!!
dochtersions
What an incredibly exciting photo and skyline, Lucinda!
emmecielle
Superb shot, Lucinda! :)
bmac62
Super...where were you standing? Gives us sort of a round the island boat tour look.
myrrhluz
That's exactly where I was standing. On the Manhattan, a yacht. Leslie and I took a boat tour. A perfectly wonderful day. Cold, invigorating, bouncy, and excellent fun!
jarmila
nice landscape view, Super capture:-) Happy holidays
sandra46
TERRIFIC CAPTURE! GORGEOUS IMAGE!
goodoleboy
A stellar panorama most evident in this wonderful photo of the bridges, Lucinda. Love the clarity, dark mood ambiance and silhouetting you achieved with this. Incidentally, every time I hear or see something pertaining to a bridge, I think of the war movies: A Bridge Too Far, The Bridge on the River Kwai, and The Bridges of Toko-Ri.
npauling
Very clever to get three bridges in one super capture. You must have been in just the right spot. I love how the sun is emphasizing the bridges too.
alessimarco
~Really marvelous panorama of the three bridges!~
Chipka
Nice! Very nice! I've not seen this view of the area before, but that's not surprising, I haven't seen a LOT of things! I love the three bridges, the whole sense of panoramic vastness and scale. I also love how the water seems to dominate so much of the foreground, but there's nothing "overbearing" about it. I also love the way the city and the bridges all seem to exist in this very narrow band between water and sky and it reminds me of a myth I once heard about Papa and Rangi doing the things that a god and goddess do when they're hot for each other, and in the process (or because of their desire, rather) mountains came into existence...those three bridges remind me of that for some reason, and the idea of three bridges just really grabs me. This is super. Elegant. I like it immensely. And on top of that it's just so darn good!
Madbat
Now what is it about bridges that people find so fascinating? I mean besides the fact that they keep our feet dry during river crossings, keep one from being swept out to sea, and looking good in photographs? I'll have to think about that!
tennesseecowgirl
Nice image. :)
0rest4wicked
Very moody!
jocko500
wow a long bridge at that . cool shot